Participants

Participants Polstjärnepriset

A record number of young musicians from Sweden applied for Polstjärnepriset 2026 and the level was extremely high. An international jury, consisting of distinguished soloists and pedagogues on wind, string and piano instruments, has assessed anonymised sound files and selected the following 20 competitors, in alphabetical order:

• Samir Abdourazakov, piano
• Edward Ahlbeck Glader, piano
• Malte Byhamre, piano
• Erik Dalhielm, altsaxofon
• Axel Drougge, violin
• Angelo Fonseca Holm, viola
• Frey Franzén Garuz, violin
• Sara Hagman, violin
• Daniel Iourtchik, violin
• Malte Molén Thorson, piano
• Yufeng Pan, piano
• Hansine Pellbäck, violin
• Thea Piscator, violin
• Joshelin Raharjo, piano
• Esther Scalamonti Marsh, piano
• Tymofii Slakva, piano
• Joachim Tian, piano
• Kalle Törner, flöjt
• Alex Rongsheng Zhang, piano
• Viktor Zhang, piano